HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Jan. 2, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Lawrenceville Internal Medicine Associates, NJ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 2, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13071, row:4210)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lawrenceville Internal Medicine Associates, reported that an employee sent an email containing the protected health information (PHI) of 8,031 individuals. The PHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach and implemented a secure email messaging system.